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It all went wrong...but a happy ending!

Thursday, 4 June 2009

It was suppose to be Vietnamese Caramelised Pork which looks like this at My Kitchen Snippets. But a lot of things went wrong during the cooking process and it transformed into another very tasty and delicious dish.

Firstly, the caramelised sugar hardened after I added the pork. Some of the hardened sugar was stuck to the ladle. I stupidly added some water. Not a wise move as the pork slowly released its juices (a lot of it!). It became a stew!

Secondly, I thought bell peppers would go quite well with the dish, and would make the dish more colourful, so I added some. But the pork released an amazing amount of liquid during cooking and by the time I managed to get to the consistency I wanted, the bell peppers disappeared! They became part of the sauce - a very peppery and delicious sauce. I wanted the dish to be more presentable, so I added part of the peppers for the sauce and some of them towards the end when I cooked this the second time. Yes, Icooked this twice in a week, because it is that good.

Lastly, I couldn't find the green chillies I bought. I thought I left them at the check-out counter, but I found them later that night in the fridge, hidden behind a whole bunch of fruits. Anyway, I added my current favourite sauce Sriracha - delicious! So here I present my version of caramelised pork in bell pepper sauce.

Very often accident like in the cooking process will create a memorable dish. One famous example, Tarte Tatin! Who knows your dish will be famous too, I am not joking. It looks super delicious. And simple enough to make. YUMMY!